NBC Sports immediately became under fire shortly after the network trimmed two references of the Pledge of Allegiance during an opening piece of the major golf tournament, U.S. Open Championship, that aired Sunday.

The Cimarron River in Logan County swept away a Tulsa man who fell into a hole in the river late Wednesday morning. Joshua Griffin, 24, was recovered in eight feet of water a few short hours later at 3:15 p.m.